Snowden's email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit

Post by **Gutenberg** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:49 pm

Secrets, lies and Snowden's email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit

"For the first time, the founder of an encrypted email startup that was supposed to insure privacy for all reveals how the FBI and the US legal system made sure we don't have the right to much privacy in the first place"

My legal saga started last summer with a knock at the door, behind which stood two federal agents ready to to serve me with a court order requiring the installation of surveillance equipment on my company's network...

read the story here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... wden-email